A Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy
by Simon, Andre L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. N/a. 827pp. 8vo. sized. 1952. First edition. A very good, clean, tight copy in good jacket. Original publisher's brown cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. Upper edge dyed brown as it should be. Decorations by John Leigh-Pemberton. Some light spotting to the endpapers and slight spotting to the title page. Some spotting to the leading fore-edge. The jacket has not been price-clipped; it has chipping to the head and tail of the spine with some loss of the word 'concise' at the head. Chips too across both corners of the front flap. A very good, clean, tight copy in good jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240108
- Title
- A Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy
- Author
- Simon, Andre L
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
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- Gilt
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